Prenolepis minutula atomus

Prenolepis minutula atomus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Paraparatrechina minutula)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Paraparatrechina
Species:	Prenolepis minutula atomus; Forel, 1901

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Paraparatrechina minutula.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

atomus. Prenolepis minutula r. atomus Forel, 1901b: 25 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Bismarck Archipelago). Viehmeyer, 1916a: 148 (q.m.). Combination in Pr. (Nylanderia): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 148; in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 221. Raised to species: Donisthorpe, 1941a: 143; Donisthorpe, 1941c: 143. Junior synonym of minutula: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 89.

Donisthorpe, H. 1941c. Descriptions of new species of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(7): 129-144 (page 143?, Raised to species)
Donisthorpe, H. 1941c. Descriptions of new species of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(7): 129-144 (page 143?, Raised to species)
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 221, Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia))
Forel, A. 1901b. Formiciden aus dem Bismarck-Archipel, auf Grundlage des von Prof. Dr. F. Dahl gesammelten Materials. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2: 4-37. (page 25, worker described)
Viehmeyer, H. 1916a [1915]. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 81(8): 108-168 (page 148, queen, male described)
Viehmeyer, H. 1916a [1915]. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 81(8): 108-168 (page 148, Combination in Pr. (Nylanderia))
Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pac. Insects Monogr. 14: 1-109 (page 89, Junior synonym of minutula)